Musette in D Major, BWV Anhang 126 -- Urtext
Musette in D Major, BWV Anhang 126 -- Urtext
Musette from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach
This Musette BWV Anhang 126 is the 22nd entry in Anna Magdalena Bach's Notebook.Johann Sebastian Bach gave this notebook to his wife Anna Magdalena in 1725.
Over the years, the notebook was filled with favorite selections of the members of the Bach family.
This Musette in D Major, BWV Anhang 126 was composed during the Baroque period.
It has a simple A-A-B-B musical form.
The term musette refers to a musical instrument of the bagpipe family.
The musical genre called musette is thus an imitation of this instrument.
In this particular musette, the melody in the right hand resembles typical tunes played on the musette.
The left hand plays a murky bass accompaniment made up of repeated broken octaves which produce a somewhat droning effect.
Duration : 01:09
Source : Johann Sebastian Bach, Pieces from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach [Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach] (1725).
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